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Sunday October 8 4:18 PM ET
Lockheed Offers To Settle Claims
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - The Lockheed Martin Corp. said it is offering $5
million to about 300 Burbank residents to settle claims that they got sick
from toxic chemicals released during decades of defense manufacturing.
The settlement proposal, an about-face for the aerospace giant, could end
four years of litigation. Lockheed said the offer is a business decision,
not an admission of guilt.
The company has already paid $93 million to settle claims by thousands of
other residents and former workers who also say they were made ill by the
manufacturing byproducts that allegedly contaminated air, soil and ground
water.
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